Bodies Of Water, Landforms, and Physical Geography MID-TERM – Flashcards
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Atlantic Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
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Gulf of Mexico
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Caribbean Sea
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Gulf Of California
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Yucatan Peninsula
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Andes Mountains
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Hispaniola
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1. consists of Haiti and the dominican republic 2. know the relative location
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Sierra Madre
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1. Occidental and Oriental 2. Know the relative location 3. Occidental is below and oriental is above
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Ring Of Fire
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Area in the pacific ocean with a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes. Causes problems for Mexico and many other Latin American nations.
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Slash and Burn
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tropical trees and plants are hacked down, allowed to dry, and then burned to the ground. creating farmland that is barely fertile.
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Tropical Zone
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an area in which the climate is typically hot. most of latin america lies in the tropical zone. Caribbean stays warm which keeps caribbean islands warm too.
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Deforestation
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the process of cutting and clearing away trees from a forest. Deforestation of the amazon river rainforest has led to an increase of the amount of carbon dioxide in the air.
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Middle America and its sub-regions
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middle america and nations of the caribbean, south america- 13 countries
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Isthmus Of Panama
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between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America. It contains the country of Panama and the Panama Canal.
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Central America and it's countries
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Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá
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Rivers: Amazon and Rio Grande
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Amazon- most voluminous river in the world. Rio Grande- physical border between Texas and Mexico
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Tributaries
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small rivers that flow into big rivers like the Amazon
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Caribbean Islands
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Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica
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Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles
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Greater: the bigger islands in the Caribbean Sea but less of them. Lesser: the smaller islands in the Caribbean Sea but more of them.
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Review These Handouts
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-population distribution -major use of land -the physical land
